City Council Ordinance 340City of Monticello
Wright County, Minnesota
Ordinance No. 340
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3 [B] AND SECTION
3 [C] OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO ELECTRONIC
MESSAGE BOARD SIGNS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA HEREBY
ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Chapter 3, Section 3 [B] 2. (i) is amended to read as follows:
(i) Except for Electronic Message Board Signs as allowed in Section
E 4. No sign shall display any moving parts, nor shall it be
illuminated with any flashing or intermittent lights, nor shall it be
animated. Exempt are time and temperature information and
barber poles.
All displays shall be shielded to prevent light to be directed at
oncoming traffic in such brilliance as to impair the vision of any
driver. No device shall be illuminated in such a manner as to
interfere with or obscure an official traffic sign or signal.
Section 2.
Chapter 3, Section 3 [E] 4. is amended to add the following:
Section 3 [E] 4. Mf Electronic Message Boards may be allowed in the B-3 and B-4
Zoning Districts, and on those parcels within the CCD Zoning
District which have direct frontage on Trunk Highway 25 south of
4t' Street, as a part of the freestanding or pylon sign display,
provided that:
i_ The sign complies in all other respects with the Sign
regulations of the Zoning Ordinance.
ii. The sign does not create a traffic hazard or a nuisance.
iii. The sign does not flash its message, although continuous
scrolling text is allowed.
iv. The sign meets all requirements of the City's Building and
Electrical Codes.
V. The sign does constitute a separate or additional
freestanding sign support structure. The sign must be
otherwise allowed under this ordinance as a pylon sign, or
must be a part of an allowed pylon sign plan, as defined
herein.
vi. The electronic message board portion of the sign does not
constitute more than fifty percent (50%) of the allowable
pylon sign area, or seventy (70) square feet, whichever is
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Section 3.
Effective Date: This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and
publication.
Passed by the City Council this 10" day of January, 2000.
Rog r Belsaas, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Rick Wolfsteller, City Administrator
Published in the Monticello Times on 1/20/00.